Vyacheslav Molotov, Politician • Biography & Facts Vyacheslav Molotov Politician Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (/ˈmɒləˌtɔːfˌ-ˌtɒf, ˈmoʊlə-ˌˈmɔː-/; Russian: Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Мо́лотов [vʲɪtɕɪˈslav mʲɪˈxaɪləvɪtɕ ˈmolətəf]; 9 March [O.S. 25 February] 1890 – 8 November 1986) was a Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin . Molotov served as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Premier) from 1930 to 1941, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1939 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1956.

He served as First Deputy Premier from 1942 to 1957, when he was dismissed from the Presidium of the Central Committee by Nikita Khrushchev . He retired in 1961 after several years of obscurity.Molotov was the principal Soviet signatory of the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact of 1939 (also known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact), whose most important provisions were added in the form of a secret protocol that stipulated an invasion of Poland and partition of its territory between Germany and the Soviet Union. This effectively sealed the beginning of World War II and made the Soviet Union an unofficial ally of Nazi Germany in the period from 1939 until the German invasion in 1941. During this period, Molotov knew of the Katyn massacre committed by the Soviet authorities. Following the end of World War II (Great Patriotic War), Molotov was involved in negotiations with the Western Allies, where he became noted for his diplomatic skills. He kept his place as a leading Soviet diplomat and politician until 1949.

In March 1949, after losing Stalin's favor, he lost the foreign affairs ministry leadership to Andrei Vyshinsky. Molotov's relationship with Stalin deteriorated further, with Stalin complaining about Molotov's mistakes in a speech to the 19th Party Congress. However, after Stalin's death in 1953, Molotov was staunchly opposed to Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy. Molotov defended the policies and legacy of Stalin until his death in 1986, and harshly criticised Stalin's successors, especially Nikita Khrushchev . Personal facts Vyacheslav Molotov - Wikiquote Vyacheslav Molotov Jump to: navigation , search The trouble with free elections is that you never know how they are going to turn out. Vyacheslav Molotov (in Russian Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Мо́лотов), Vjačeslav Mihajlovič Molotov, ( 9 March 1890 {February 25 O.S.

} – 8 November 1986 ), was Soviet politician and diplomat, a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin , to the 1950s, when he was dismissed from office by Nikita Khrushchev . He was the principal Soviet signatory of the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact of 1939 (also known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact). Quotes[ edit ] Life has improved, and now as never before the doors to a happy and cultured life for all the peoples of our Union stand wide open. The time has come when the old world must make way for the new. One blow from the German army and another from the Soviet army put an end to this ugly product of Versailles. There is no alternative to class struggle. Life has improved, and now as never before the doors to a happy and cultured life for all the peoples of our Union stand wide open. We are already enjoying the first fruits of our victory and we see that an unparalleled rise in the standard of living and culture of all the peoples of the Soviet Union awaits us.

And in spite of all this, we have not yet seen the last of people who in their blind hatred of the new world are planning the seizure and dismemberment of the Soviet Union. Well, what shall we say to them? It is true that we appeared in the world without the permission of these gentlemen, and undoubtedly against their wishes. . . . This means that the time has come when the old world must make way for the new. Speech (10 January 1930) as quoted in The Communist International (1936) Vol. 13 Events arising out of the Polish-German War have revealed the internal insolvency and obvious impotence of the Polish state. Polish ruling circles have suffered bankruptcy… Warsaw as the capital of the Polish state no longer exists. No one knows the whereabouts of the Polish Government. The population of Poland have been abandoned by their ill-starred leaders to their fate. The Polish State and its Government have virtually ceased to exist. In view of this state of affairs, treaties concluded between the Soviet Union and Poland have ceased to operate. A situation has arisen in Poland which demands of the Soviet Government especial concern for the security of its State.

Poland has become a fertile field for any accidental and unexpected contingency that may create a menace for the Soviet Union...Nor can it be demanded of the Soviet Government that it remain indifferent to the fate of its Blood Brothers, the Ukrainians and White Russians inhabiting Poland, who even formerly were nations without rights and who now have been utterly abandoned to their fate. The Soviet Government deems it its sacred duty to extend the hand of assistance to its brother Ukrainians and White Russians inhabiting Poland. Extracts from Molotov’s broadcast speech on the Soviet invasion of Poland (17 September 1939) Mirovoe Khoziaistvo, 1939, 9, p. 13. In Soviet Documents on Foreign Policy. Volume I: 1917-1941. Jane Tabrisky Degras (ed.) 1953, Oxford University Press. Pages 374-5 Germany, which has lately united 80 million Germans, has submitted certain neighboring countries to her supremacy and gained military strength in many aspects, and thus has become, as clearly can be seen, a dangerous rival to principal imperialistic powers in Europe — England and France.

That is why they declared war on Germany on a pretext of fulfilling the obligations given to Poland. It is now clearer than ever, how remote the real aims of the cabinets in these countries were from the interests of defending the now disintegrated Poland or Czechoslovakia. Molotov's report on (29 March 1940), after the Polish defeat, as quoted in the weekly Soviet newspaper Moscow News, published by Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga (1 April 1940) One blow from the German army and another from the Soviet army put an end to this ugly product of Versailles. Statement after the fall of Poland, as quoted in Legitimacy and Force (1988) by Jeane J. Kirkpatrick , p. 49 Only a fool would attack us. Statement of June 1941, as quoted in Hitler and Stalin : Parallel Lives (1993) by Alan Bullock, p. 715 This is not the first time that our people have had to deal with an attack of an arrogant foe. At the time of Napoleon ’s invasion of Russia our people’s reply was war for the fatherland, and Napoleon suffered defeat and met his doom.

It will be the same with Hitler , who in his arrogance has proclaimed a new crusade against our country. The Red Army and our whole people will again wage victorious war for the fatherland, for our country, for honor, for liberty. The government of the Soviet Union expresses the firm conviction that the whole population of our country, all workers, peasants and intellectuals, men and women, will conscientiously perform their duties and do their work. Our entire people must now stand solid and united as never before. Each one of us must demand of himself and of others discipline, organization and self-denial worthy of real Soviet patriots, in order to provide for all the needs of the Red Army, Navy and Air Force, to insure victory over the enemy. The government calls upon you, citizens of the Soviet Union, to rally still more closely around our glorious Bolshevist party, around our Soviet Government, around our great leader and comrade, Stalin . Ours is a righteous cause. The enemy shall be defeated. Victory will be ours. Radio broadcast in response to the German invasion (22 June 1941) We cannot lose Poland. If this line is crossed, they will grab us, too.

Statement, as quoted in Surviving the Millennium (1994) by Hall Gardner, p. 236, with citations to Molotov Remembers (1993) by Felix Chuev, p. 54 As long as we live in a system of states, and as long as the roots of fascism and imperialist aggression have not finally been extirpated, our vigilance in regard to possible new violators of peace should not slacken, and concern for the strengthening of cooperation between the peace-loving powers will continue to be our most important duty. As quoted in Strategy and Tactics of Soviet Foreign Policy (1963) by John Malcolm Mackintosh, p. 4 Someone helped us a lot with the atomic bomb. The intelligence (service) played a huge role. These Rosenbergs suffered in America. It is not excluded that they helped us. But we shouldn't really speak about it, because we might receive this kind of help in the future. Statement about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg having preformed espionage for the Soviet Union, as quoted in The FBI-KGB War : A Special Agent's Story (1995), by Robert J. Lamphere and Tom Shachtman, p.

306 Our scientists all the more occupy advanced positions in the development of world science. By the example of their successes in the field of atomic energy, our scientists and technicians have vividly shown how much the increased might of the Soviet state and the further growth of its international authority depends on their efforts and practical successes. As quoted in Newsweek, Vol. 43, Issues 1-13 (1954), p. 133 Who can think that this eviction of Germans was undertaken only as a temporary experiment? Those who adopted the decision on the eviction of the Germans from these territories, and who understood that Poles from other Polish districts would at once move into these territories, cannot suggest after a while to carry out reverse measures. The very idea of involving millions of people in such experiments is unbelievable, quite apart from the cruelty of it, both towards the Poles and the Germans themselves. As quoted in The German-Polish Frontier (1959) by Walter M. Drzewieniecki, p. 71 The trouble with free elections is that you never know how they are going to turn out. Remark at the Berlin Conference (1954) according to an eyewitness writing in International Affairs Vol.

36 (1960), p. 4 There is no alternative to class struggle. As quoted in The Fifty-Year War : Conflict and Strategy in the Cold War (2007) by Norman Friedman, p. 58 The fact that atomic war may break out, isn't that class struggle? There is no alternative to class struggle. This is a very serious question. The be-all and end-all is not peaceful coexistence . After all, we have been holding on for some time, and under Stalin we held on to the point where the imperialists felt able to demand point-blank: either surrender such and such positions, or it means war. So far the imperialists haven't renounced that Molotov said it in 1976 when he was in active retirement. Molotov, Vyacheslav; Chuev, Felix; Resis, Albert (1993). Molotov remembers: inside Kremlin politics : conversations with Felix Chuev. I.R. Dee. p. 20. ISBN 1566630274 . An atmosphere of extreme tension reigned during this period; it was necessary to act without mercy. I think that it was justified.

If Tukhachevsky , Yakir , Rykov and Zinoviev had started up their opposition in wartime, there would have been an extremely difficult struggle; the number of victims would have been colossal. Colossal. The two sides would have been condemned to disaster. They had links that went right up to Hitler . That far. Trotsky had similar links, without doubt. Hitler was an adventurist, as was Trotsky, they had traits in common. And the rightists, Bukharin and Rykov, had links with them. And, of course, many of the military leaders. Quote from Ludo Martens 's Another view of Stalin, pp. 177. Original quote from the Russian version of F. Chueva Sto sorok besed s MOLOTOVYM (Moscow: Terra, 1991), p.

413 (The quote does not appear in the French translation: Félix Tchouev, Conversations avec Molotov (Paris: Albin Michel, 1995).) The quote can also be found here [1] Quotes about Molotov[ edit ] Havoc and ruin had been around him all of his days, either impending on himself or dealt by him to others. Certainly in Molotov the Soviet machine had found a capable and in many ways characteristic representative — always the faithful Party man and Communist disciple. How glad I am at the end of my life not to have had to endure the stresses which he has suffered; better to never have been born. In the conduct of foreign affairs, Mazarin , Talleyrand , Metternich , would welcome him to their company, if there be another world to which Bolsheviks allow themselves to go. Winston Churchill , in The Second World War, Vol. I : The Gathering Storm (1948), Book I, Ch. 20 : The Soviet Enigma, p. 331 Molotov has a fine forehead, and looks and acts like a French professor of medicine — orderly, precise, pedantic.

His importance is sometimes not appreciated; he is by no means a mere figurehead, but a man of first-rate intelligence and influence. Molotov is a vegetarian and a teetotaler. Stalin gives him much of the dirty work to do. He had the nasty job of admitting how many cattle and hogs were killed by the peasants before the famine. John Gunther , in Inside Europe : Again Completely Revised (1938), p. 483 Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov,Soviet politician�::�Vintage Prints of Famous Paintings�::�Vintage Prints�::�Antique Prints and Antique Maps from Vintage-Views.com Approx Image Size : 6 x 5 ins Approx Overall Size With Borders : 8 x 5 Ins CONDITION: BLANK ON THE BACK. Image is clear and sharp with beautiful detail. As scanned. This beautiful print would look great matted and framed. Or an art supply store can provide you with a selection of frames for old art treasures. Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (Russian: Vjac(eslav Mihajlovic( Molotov; March 9, 1890 [O.S.

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Details Vyacheslav Molotov Vyacheslav Molotov Vyacheslav Molotov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (Russian: Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Мо́лотов; 9 March 1890 – 8 November 1986) was a Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin , to 1957, when he was dismissed from the Presidium (Politburo) of the Central Committee by Nikita Khrushchev . He served as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Premier) from 1930 to 1941, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1939 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1956. Molotov served for several years as First Deputy Premier in Joseph Stalin's cabinet. He retired in 1961 after several years of obscurity.

Molotov was the principal Soviet signatory of the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact of 1939 (also known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact), after Britain and France repeatedly failed to join the Soviets in an anti-Nazi alliance, was involved in post-war negotiations where he became noted for his diplomatic skills, and knew of the Katyn massacre committed by the Soviet authorities. Following the aftermath of World War II (Great Patriotic War ) Molotov kept his place, until 1949, as a leading Soviet diplomat and politician. In March 1949, after losing Stalin's favour, he lost the foreign affairs ministry to Andrei Vyshinsky. Molotov's relationship with Stalin deteriorated further, with Stalin complaining about Molotov's mistakes in a speech to the 19th Party Congress. However, after Stalin's death in 1953 Molotov was staunchly opposed to Khrushchev's de-Stalinisation policy. He defended his policies and the legacy of Stalin until his death in 1986, and harshly criticized Stalin's successors, especially Nikita Khrushchev.

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… Read More I Skryabin took the pseudonym "Molotov", derived from the Russian word Ð¼Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ñ molot (hammer) for his political work owing to the name's vaguely "industrial" ring. Read Less 1909 19 Years Old He was arrested in 1909 and spent two years in exile in Vologda. TWENTIES 1911 - 1914 2 More Events 1911 21 Years Old In 1911 he enrolled at St Petersburg Polytechnic. … Read More Molotov joined the editorial staff of a new underground Bolshevik newspaper called Pravda, meeting Joseph Stalin for the first time in association with the project. This first association between the two future Soviet leaders proved to be brief, however, and did not result in an immediate close political association. Read Less 1914 24 Years Old Molotov worked as a so-called "professional revolutionary" for the next several years, writing for the party press and attempting to better organize the underground party. He moved from St.

Petersburg to Moscow in 1914 at the time of the outbreak of World War I. … Read More It was in Moscow the following year that Molotov was again arrested for his party activity, this time being deported to Irkutsk in eastern Siberia. Read Less 1916 26 Years Old Molotov became a member of the Bolshevik Party's committee in Petrograd in 1916. 1917 27 Years Old When the February Revolution occurred in 1917, he was one of the few Bolsheviks of any standing in the capital. … Read More Under his direction Pravda took to the "left" to oppose the Provisional Government formed after the revolution. When Joseph Stalin returned to the capital, he reversed Molotov's line; but when the party leader Lenin arrived, he overruled Stalin. Despite this, Molotov became a protÃ©gÃ© of and close adherent to Stalin, an alliance to which he owed his later prominence. Molotov became a member of the Military Revolutionary Committee which planned the October Revolution, which effectively brought the Bolsheviks to power.

Read Less 1918 28 Years Old In 1918, Molotov was sent to Ukraine to take part in the civil war then breaking out. … Read More Since he was not a military man, he took no part in the fighting. Read Less THIRTIES 1920 - 1922 3 More Events 1920 30 Years Old In 1920, he became secretary to the Central Committee of the Ukrainian Bolshevik Party. … Read More Lenin recalled him to Moscow in 1921, elevating him to full membership of the Central Committee and Orgburo, and putting him in charge of the party secretariat. Read Less 1921 31 Years Old He was voted in as a non-voting member of the Politburo in 1921, and held the office of Responsible Secretary and also married Soviet politician Polina Zhemchuzhina. … Read More His Responsible Secretaryship was criticised both by Lenin and Leon Trotsky, with Lenin noting his "shameful bureaucratism" and stupid behaviour.

On the advice of Molotov and Nikolai Bukharin the Central Committee decided to reduce Lenin's work hours. Read Less 1922 32 Years Old In 1922, Stalin became general secretary of the Bolshevik Party with Molotov as the de facto Second Secretary. … Read More As a young follower Molotov admired Stalin, but was open in criticism of him. Under Stalin's patronage, Molotov became a member of the Politburo in 1926. Read Less 1924 34 Years Old During the power struggles which followed Lenin's death in 1924, Molotov remained a loyal supporter of Stalin against his various rivals: first Leon Trotsky, later Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev and finally Nikolai Bukharin. … Read More Molotov became a leading figure in the "Stalinist centre" of the party, which also included Kliment Voroshilov and Sergo Ordzhonikidze. Trotsky and his supporters underestimated Molotov, as did many others.

Trotsky called him "mediocrity personified", whilst Molotov himself pedantically corrected comrades referring to him as 'Stone Arse' by saying that Lenin had actually dubbed him 'Iron Arse'. However, this outward dullness concealed a sharp mind and great administrative talent. He operated mainly behind the scenes and cultivated an image of a colourless bureaucrat â for example, he was the only Bolshevik leader who always wore a suit and tie. Read Less 1928 38 Years Old In 1928 Molotov replaced Nikolai Uglanov as First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party and held that position until 15 August 1929. 1929 39 Years Old In a lengthy address to the Central Committee in 1929, Molotov told the members that the Soviet government would initiate a compulsory collectivisation campaign to solve the agrarian backwardness of Soviet agriculture. … Read More During the Central Committee plenum of 19 December 1930, Alexey Rykov, the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (the equivalent of a Western head of government) was succeeded by Molotov.

In this post, Molotov oversaw the Stalin regime's collectivisation of agriculture. He followed Stalin's line by using a combination of force and propaganda to crush peasant resistance to collectivisation, including the deportation of millions of kulaks (peasants with property) to labour camps. An enormous number of the deportees died from exposure and overwork. He signed the Law of Spikelets and personally led the Extraordinary Commission for Grain Delivery in Ukraine, which seized a reported 4.2 million tonnes of grain from the peasants during a widespread manmade famine (known in Ukraine as Holodomor). Contemporary historians estimate that between seven and eleven million people died, either of starvation or in labour camps, in the process of farm collectivization. Molotov also oversaw the implementation of the First Five-Year Plan for rapid industrialisation.

Read Less FORTIES 1930 40 Years Old … Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (9 March 1890 â 8 November 1986) was a Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protÃ©gÃ© of Joseph Stalin. Read Less Molotov served as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Premier) from 1930 to 1941, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1939 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1956. … Read More He served as First Deputy Premier from 1942 to 1957, when he was dismissed from the Presidium of the Central Committee by Nikita Khrushchev.

Molotov retired in 1961 after several years of obscurity.<br /><br /> Molotov was the principal Soviet signatory of the NaziâSoviet non-aggression pact of 1939 (also known as the MolotovâRibbentrop Pact), whose most important provisions were added in the form of a secret protocol that stipulated an invasion of Poland and partition of its territory between Germany and the Soviet Union. This effectively marked the beginning of World War II and made the Soviet Union an unofficial ally of Nazi Germany in the period from 1939 until the German invasion in 1941. During this period, Molotov knew of the Katyn massacre committed by the Soviet authorities. Following the end of World War II (Great Patriotic War), Molotov was involved in negotiations with the Western allies, in which he became noted for his diplomatic skills. He kept his place as a leading Soviet diplomat and politician until 1949. In March of that year, after losing Stalin's favour, he lost the foreign affairs ministry leadership to Andrei Vyshinsky.

Molotov's relationship with Stalin deteriorated further, with Stalin complaining about Molotov's mistakes in a speech to the 19th Party Congress. However, after Stalin's death in 1953, Molotov was staunchly opposed to Khrushchev's de-Stalinisation policy. Read Less 1934 44 Years Old Sergei Kirov, head of the Party organisation in Leningrad, was killed in 1934; some believed his death was ordered by Stalin. … Read More Kirov's death triggered a second crisis, the Great Purge. Read Less Show Less In 1938, out of the 28 People's Commissars in Molotov's Government, 20 were executed on the orders of Molotov and Stalin. … Read More The purges were carried out by Stalin's successive police chiefs, Nikolai Yezhov was the chief organiser and Kliment Voroshilov, Lazar Kaganovich and Molotov were intimately involved in the processes. Stalin frequently required Molotov and other Politburo members to sign the death warrants of prominent purge victims, and Molotov always did so without question.

There is no record of Molotov attempting to moderate the course of the purges or even to save individuals, as some other Soviet officials did. During the Great Purge, he personally approved 372 documented execution lists, more than any other Soviet official, including Stalin. It is known that Molotov was one of few with whom Stalin openly discussed the purges. Read Less Although Molotov and Stalin signed a public decree in 1938 that disassociated them from the ongoing Great Purge, in private, and even after Stalin's death, Molotov supported the Great Purge and the executions carried out by his government. … Read More Despite the great human cost, the Soviet Union under Molotov's nominal premiership made great strides in the adoption and widespread implementation of agrarian and industrial technology. In a document written by Molotov he noted how cannibalism and starvation were still serious problems even in 1937 in the Soviet Union. Andrey Vyshinsky, the Procurator General, even told Molotov personally of incidents involving mothers eating their newly born children. The rise of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany precipitated the development of a modern armaments industry on the orders of the Soviet government.

Ultimately, it was this arms industry, along with American Lend-Lease aid, which helped the Soviet Union to prevail in World War II (Great Patriotic War). Set against this, the purges of the Red Army leadership, in which Molotov participated, weakened the Soviet Union's defence capacity and contributed to the military disasters of 1941 and 1942, which were mostly caused by unreadiness for war. The purges also led to the dismantling of privatised agriculture and its replacement by collectivised agriculture. This left a legacy of chronic agricultural inefficiencies and under-production which the Soviet regime never fully rectified. Read Less Molotov was reported to be a vegetarian and teetotaler by American journalist John Gunther in 1938. … Read More However, Milovan Djilas claimed that Molotov "drank more than Stalin" and did not note his vegetarianism despite attending several banquets with him.<br /><br /> In 1939, following the 1938 Munich Agreement and Hitler's subsequent invasion of Czechoslovakia, Stalin believed that Britain and France would not be reliable allies against German expansion so instead sought to conciliate Nazi Germany.

Read Less 1939 49 Years Old In May 1939 Maxim Litvinov, the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, was dismissed; Molotov was appointed to succeed him. … Read More Molotov was succeeded in his post as Premier by Stalin.<br /><br /> At first, Hitler rebuffed Soviet diplomatic hints that Stalin desired a treaty; but in early August 1939, Hitler authorised Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop to begin serious negotiations. A trade agreement was concluded on 18 August; and on 22 August, Ribbentrop flew to Moscow to conclude a formal non-aggression treaty. Although the treaty is known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, it was Stalin and Hitler, and not Molotov and Ribbentrop, who decided the content of the treaty. The most important part of the agreement was the secret protocol, which provided for the partition of Poland, Finland, and the Baltic States between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union and for the Soviet annexation of Bessarabia (then part of Romania, now Moldova).

This protocol gave Hitler the green light for his invasion of Poland, which began on 1 September. Read Less FIFTIES Show Less According to a close collaborator of Molotov, Vladimir Erofeev, at the beginning of 1949 the Israel minister plenipotentiary, Golda Meir, visited the Soviet Union; she met privately with Polina, who had been her schoolmate in St. Petersburg. … Read More Immediately afterward, Polina was arrested and accused of ties with Zionist organisations; she was kept one year in the Lubyanka, after which she was exiled for three years in an obscure Russian city. Molotov had no communication with her, save for the scant news that Beria, whom he loathed, told him. She was freed immediately after the death of Stalin.

According to Erofeev, Molotov said of her: "She's not only beautiful and intelligent, the only woman minister in Soviet Union; she's also a real Bolshevik, a real Soviet person." Read Less In 1949, Molotov was replaced as Foreign Minister by Andrey Vyshinsky, although retaining his position as First Deputy Premier and membership of the Politburo. LATE ADULTHOOD 1952 - 1955 3 More Events 1952 62 Years Old At the 19th Party Congress in 1952, Molotov was elected to the replacement for the Politburo, the Presidium, but was not listed among the members of the newly established secret body known as the Bureau of the Presidium; indicating that he had fallen out of Stalin's favour. … Read More At the 19th Congress, Molotov and Anastas Mikoyan were said by Stalin to have committed grave mistakes, including the publication of a wartime speech by Winston Churchill favourable to the Soviet Union's wartime efforts.

Both Molotov and Mikoyan were falling out of favour rapidly, with Stalin telling Beria, Khrushchev, Malenkov and Nikolai Bulganin that he did not want to see Molotov and Mikoyan around anymore. At his 73rd birthday, Stalin treated both with disgust. In his speech to the 20th Party Congress Khrushchev told the delegates that Stalin had plans for "finishing off" Molotov and Mikoyan in the aftermath of the 19th Congress. Read Less 1953 63 Years Old Following Stalin's death, a realignment of the leadership strengthened Molotov's position. Georgy Malenkov, Stalin's successor in the post of Premier, reappointed Molotov as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 5 March 1953. … Read More Although Molotov was seen as a likely successor to Stalin in the immediate aftermath of his death, he never sought to become leader of the Soviet Union. A Troika was established immediately after Stalin's death, consisting of Malenkov, Beria, and Molotov, but ended when Malenkov and Molotov deceived Beria.

Molotov supported the removal and later the execution of Beria on the orders of Khrushchev. The new Party Secretary, Khrushchev, soon emerged as the new leader of the Soviet Union. He presided over a gradual domestic liberalisation and a thaw in foreign policy, shown by the reconciliation with Josip Broz Tito's government in Yugoslavia, which Stalin had expelled from the communist movement. Read Less 1955 65 Years Old Molotov, an old-guard Stalinist, seemed increasingly out of place in this new environment, but he represented the Soviet Union at the Geneva Conference of 1955. Myopusradio.com - Platform News | Band Profile - Molotov Cocktail|Alternative, Jazz, Rock|Chennai Molotov Cocktail Biography Molotov Cocktail is a five piece band from Chennai, and have been around since 1998. They have toured the country.

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov was a Soviet politician and diplomat, a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s to 1957, He was a major perpetrator of the Great Terror and the principal Soviet signatory of the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact of 1939 as well as post-war negotiations. The Molotov cocktail was named after him by the Finnish military during the Winter War.Molotov is considered to be one of the principle architects of the Ukrainian genocide, or Holodomor. Shaun Robets, Enoch David, Naveen Thomas, Arjun Thomas Active Magdeburg Sting 1936 - Part XII (documents) Soviets with Nazis, comrades at arms. Brześć-nad-Bugiem, Sep. 22, 1939 The Magdeburg Sting 1936 Soviet-Nazi Military Parade in Brześć-nad-Bugiem, Sep. 22, 1939. "POLAND - The Bastard of Versailles is no more!

Long Live Nazi-Soviet Friendship!" Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, the principal Soviet signatory of the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact of 1939. Soviets and Nazis met to celebrate the victory over Poland. The Great Patriotic War - as the Russians like to call it - which claimed the lives of millions of Soviet soldiers and civilians, and landed millions of Soviet citizens in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, was greatly facilitated by the August 23, 1939, German-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression that decisively allied the Nazi Third Reich with the Communist Soviet Union. The Secret Additional Protocol in the Pact was also drawn up for the reorganization of Central Europe. That September, in violation of their own treaties with Poland, both of these allies invaded and partitioned the Second Polish Republic. Thus began World War II. According to Stalin, the joint aim of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany was to "re-establish peace and order" in the territories of the "former Polish state", which had been destroyed by the "collapse of the former Polish state", and to help the Polish people establish new conditions for its political life.

Needless to say, that the "collapse of the former Polish state" had been brought about by the very powers which now promised to "re-establish peace and order". On September 28, 1939, the German-Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty established the new borders of the "respective national interests" of Germany and Soviet Union in the "former Polish state" and promised to "assure to the peoples living there a peaceful life in keeping with their national character". It may be worth adding that in keeping with the terms of the German-Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty, the Soviet government also pledged to actively support and did actively support the German war effort against Poland and the West. This support took many forms: the breaking of the British blockade of Germany, the permission to establish German navy bases in the USSR, the allowance for the passage over Soviet territory of raw materials bound for Germany from other nations, and the supplying of goods such as food, cattle, cotton, phosphates, chromium and iron ore, platinum, zinc, rubber, flax, lumber and oil directly to Germany.

Each month, for the duration of the Soviet-German alliance, 200-300 Soviet trains carried these goods into the heart of the Third Reich. Meanwhile, instead of assuring "peace and order" in the "former Polish state", both allies subjected the Polish population to a reign of terror the likes of which had seldom been seen before in the annals of human history. Their mutual aim was to completely suppress the political and sociocultural life of the Polish people forever. But they went even further - their official policies included: outright murder of the intelligentsia and class enemies, extermination through work, resettlement, deportation, enslavement, assimilation, and - in the case of more scientific Germany - the kidnapping and germanization of Polish children and the involuntary sterilization of Polish women. One of these monstrous measures carried out by the Soviet government was the massive deportation of Polish citizens from the Soviet occupation zone, or the so-called Soviet "sphere of influence", to the barren wastes of Siberia and Arkhangelsk - the Gulag Archipelago - where, as it is described in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's masterful epic, millions of Soviet citizens were dumped after the Bolshevik Revolution.

On 1 September, 1939 German Army invaded Poland from the west, then on 17 September, 1939 Red Army invaded Poland from the east. As the German Army front units were closely followed by special SS Einsatzgruppen units charged to massacre prominent and influential polish citizens or jews. 3 September 1939, the special SS Einsatzgruppen unit's SD officials charged to massacre prominent and influential polish citizens or jews. Polish jews rounded up by Special SS Einsatzgruppen unit charged to massacre them. Both pictures are obtained from German archives. The Red Army units were followed, as well, by NKVD units charged to execute polish leadership and to deport into labor camps the remaining polish citizens living in soviet occupied territories. This document is not copyrighted.

Question: Which Soviet politician and diplomat was the principal Soviet signatory of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939?
Answer: VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV